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The shrill, demented choirs of wailing shells; And bugles calling for them from sad… — Wilfred Owen

Poem

The shrill, demented choirs of wailing shells; And bugles calling for them from sad shires.

Wilfred Owen
1917
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Topic
World War IHorrors of warWar
Medium
Poem
Time
1917
Person
Wilfred Owen
Provenance
Current citation
Owen, Wilfred. "Anthem for Doomed Youth." The War Poems Of Wilfred Owen. Random House UK, 2018.
Original citation
Owen, Wilfred. "Anthem for Doomed Youth." Poems. Chatto & Windus, 1920.

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